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- Nov 07, 2020
Football Quotes
Reflections from the field, the sideline, and the stands.
This set of football quotes draws on players describing what the game demanded of them, from proving doubters wrong despite their size to naming the skills that earned them a nickname. A few speak plainly about football being central to who they are, not just a pastime. For more on the people who play it, see our Football Players quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years, I've had about 80 stitches in my head and face from football incidents and bar incidents, so I have lots of scars. I don't think I look intimidating, but I'm sure other people have their opinions.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I signed schoolboy forms for Watford when I was 12, but then my parents got divorced, and I never kicked a ball for three years. I rebelled, I left home, but getting back into football sorted me out. It was the second chance I needed.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love football now. I have a club in Sarajevo, and I love that. The fans are fantastic. The people who run the club are incredible, honest people, and they really motivate me.
- Enough Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every business I don't know, if I spend enough time - a couple of months - I will know a lot. I know quite a lot about football now. I know the value of players, and we won't do stupid things.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, 'I did not choose acting; acting chose me.' I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am just Vincent, and I just accept everything that is happening in the football world around me.
- Nov 07, 2020
Football is so intense you don't have time to sit back and look at what you have achieved.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
- Deteriorating
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- Nov 07, 2020
A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like football, but I think this is a very personal matter. I don't see any negatives for some Russian rich man to buy a football club.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
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- Nov 07, 2020